Meet our Directors

Phil Sottile is the founder of Intelligent Fitness. He began to amateurishly guide people in fitness in 1994 and entered the fitness industry as a Physical Therapy Apprentice in 1997. Sottile formed his first company at 24 years old and guided its trajectory into a reverse merger of this company into a SPAC company on the NASDAQ in 2000. He eventually used his proprietary concepts and fundamentals of this project to break away and form Intelligent Fitness in 2001. 

Intelligent Fitness eventually evolved to become the ORIGINAL FITNESS BOUTIQUE on Long Island and has established itself as a benchmark of excellence that local fitness centers measure their own quality of service. 

“Intelligent” has been voted and recognized as a 4-time “BEST GYM” of Long Island, 8-time “BEST PERSONAL TRAINERS,” voted “BEST LIFECOACH” for 8 straight years, and recognized as a “BEST FITNESS CENTER,” and 3-time “BEST BOOTCAMP” on Long Island.

Phil’s abridged CV includes:
*. Applied Exercise Scientist/Physiologist since 1997
* Injury Prevention / Workplace Safety & ergonomics educator
*. 22-time award-winning Personal Trainer, Lifecoach, and Personal Fitness center owner.
* Diversely educated in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, talent and human resources profiling, recruitment & hiring, In-house sales and Executive training
*. Owner of proprietary and copyright protected educational systems, models, and books have been the hallmark of his teaching approach to quality of life advancement
* Published author of 4 books including; industry teaching manuals, dietetic guidance, personal health, wealth, and happiness management, and inter-personal relationship development.
* Public television host of “The Intelligent Way to Fitness” on ALTICE Television on Long Island since 2006.